Coconut shell cup

In Fijian traditions and ceremonies, a Coconut shell cup, also called a bilo, is used to serve kava and yaqona.[1] The Samoan name for this cup is tauau or generally, ipu tau ʻava ('ava cup).

The coconut shell cup used for distributing the 'ava in a ʻAva ceremony is made from the half shell of a ripe coconut that has been cleaned and polished.[2] It is sometimes ornamented with different designs, and after early European contact, it was sometimes decorated with inlaid silver.

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References

  1. ^ "Philippine Daily Inquirer". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ^ "Kava cup (ipu ava)". fleming-collections.uvm.edu.
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